Yuan Xinting

Yuan Xinting (1971-) was a political dissident from China who was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison on charges of attempting to overthrow the communist government of Guangzhou.

Biography
Yuan Xinting was born in 1971 in Sichuan Province, China. He was involved in the 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests, and he was arrested during the "Jasmine Crackdown" and forcibly sent back to Sichuan. Later, he returned to Guangdong and joined Tang Jingling's "Nonviolent Citizens' Disobedience Movement" protest group; he was arrested again, and on 29 January 2016 he was sentenced to up to five years in prison for allegedly trying to overthrow the Communist Party of China in Guangzhou.